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Chapter
McGraw-Hill/Irwin Copyright 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
1Introduction To Corporate
Finance
Introduction To Corporate
Finance
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Key Concepts and Skills
Know the basic types of financialmanagement decisions and the role of thefinancial manager
Know the financial implications of thedifferent forms of business organization
Know the goal of financial management
Understand the conflicts of interest that canarise between owners and managers
Understand the various types of financialmarkets
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Chapter Outline
Corporate Finance and the Financial
Manager
Forms of Business Organization
The Goal of Financial Management
The Agency Problem and Control of the
Corporation
Financial Markets and the Corporation
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Corporate Finance
Some important questions that are
answered using finance
What long-term investments should the firm
take on?
Where will we get the long-term financing to
pay for the investment?
How will we manage the everyday financialactivities of the firm?
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Financial Manager
Financial managers try to answer some or
all of these questions
The top financial manager within a firm is
usually the Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Treasurer oversees cash management,
credit management, capital expenditures and
financial planning Controller oversees taxes, cost accounting,
financial accounting and data processing
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Financial Management Decisions
Capital budgeting
What long-term investments or projects shouldthe business take on?
Capital structure How should we pay for our assets?
Should we use debt or equity?
Working capital management How do we manage the day-to-day finances ofthe firm?
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Sole Proprietorship
Advantages
Easiest to start
Least regulated
Single owner keeps allthe profits
Taxed once as personal
income
Disadvantages
Limited to life of owner
Equity capital limited to
owners personalwealth
Unlimited liability
Difficult to sell
ownership interest
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Partnership
Advantages
Two or more owners
More capital available
Relatively easy to start Income taxed once as
personal income
Disadvantages
Unlimited liability
General partnership
Limited partnership Partnership dissolves
when one partner dies
or wishes to sell
Difficult to transfer
ownership
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Corporation
Advantages
Limited liability
Unlimited life
Separation ofownership and
management
Transfer of ownership is
easy
Easier to raise capital
Disadvantages
Separation of
ownership and
management Double taxation
(income taxed at the
corporate rate and then
dividends taxed at the
personal rate)
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The Agency Problem
Agency relationship
Principal hires an agent to represent his/her
interest
Stockholders (principals) hire managers
(agents) to run the company
Agency problem
Conflict of interest between principal and agent Management goals and agency costs
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Managing Managers
Managerial compensation
Incentives can be used to align managementand stockholder interests
The incentives need to be structured carefullyto make sure that they achieve their goal
Corporate control
The threat of a takeover may result in better
management
Other stakeholders
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Work the Web Example
The Internet provides a wealth of
information about individual companies
One excellent site is finance.yahoo.com
Click on the web surfer to go to the site,
choose a company and see what
information you can find!
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Financial Markets
Cash flows to the firm
Primary vs. secondary markets
Dealer vs. auction markets
Listed vs. over-the-counter securities
NYSE
NASDAQ
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Quick Quiz
What are the three types of financial management
decisions and what questions are they designed to
answer?
What are the three major forms of businessorganization?
What is the goal of financial management?
What are agency problems and why do they exist
within a corporation?
What is the difference between a primary market
and a secondary market?
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